Monday, February 05, 2007

Stop me before I shop again!

I'm on day, uh, four? of a migraine. (I try not to keep track.) It comes and goes, I think due to a sinus infection I've had for a couple weeks. It's bad enough that I'm considering actually taking the migraine medication. (When I do that I have to top it off with other drugs to counteract the side effects and it's all just a big mess, so I try to avoid it.)

I bought more yarn to dye - this is good sock yarn, 10% nylon. Plus some DK weight to dye for TrishJ of the comments, who bailed my ass out in a big way by spending the weekend writing articles that I was supposed to do.

Next I'm going to Elann to buy myself some more Highland Wool. I am not counting this as a real purchase (as in, 'no buying yarn this year'), because I'm going to knit up a pattern I want to publish in Knitty with it. Yarn for pattern making is exempt.

And with that in mind, I'm considering buying another sweater's worth of cotton. (Doubly exempt: it's on the "year of me" list and I want to sell the pattern.) We'll see.

We will not discuss the number of books I've bought in the last week. It's a bit much, even for me. When the knitting books get here, I'll review them.

14 comments:

Keep your computer and lock up your credit cards.I have very little to do at work and they want let me knit the creeps so I do entirely too much online shopping.Add to that the SO likes to go hang out at the progressive bookstore close to a yarn shop --- well my stash is scattered through three rooms so far.

So sorry about the migraine... I know that internet shopping is a great palliative for me... hopefully the noggin' will stop throbbin'...And enjoy that little buzz you get when your packages get to your house!!

I once read a sign on the side of a road as "visitor's crematorium" instead of visitor's center... That got a double look. Those are always fun days. I am so excited about the Etsy shop! Y'all make me feel better about spending money on yarn and books - I really restrain myself because I'm a student but sometimes I just wanna let loose.

Backstory

I'm currently a stay at home mother, freelance writing on my off time, wondering how I became part of the ten thousand year old tradition of raising the kids while creating textiles.
I grew up in NE Ohio dairy country, married a sailor, lived in Hawaii ten years, lived in SC for five years, then moved back to culture shock and confusion.
Nothing but good times ahead.